Mizuhobaris

Mizuhobaris Temporal range: Miocene
Mizuhobaris izumoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Superfamily:	Argonautoida
Family:	Argonautidae
Genus:	Mizuhobaris Yokoyama, 1913
Species
Mizuhobaris izumoensis Yokoyama, 1913 Mizuhobaris lepta Saul & Stadum, 2005

Mizuhobaris is an extinct genus of shelled octopods from the Late Miocene.

M. lepta was found in the Los Angeles Basin, California. This species is characterised by low radial ribs on a thin, keelless, planispirally coiled eggcase. It represents the first Argonautidae fossil from the Western Hemisphere.^[1]

References

1. ^ Saul, L. & C. Stadum (2005). "Fossil Argonauts (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodida) From Late Miocene Siltstones Of The Los Angeles Basin, California". Journal of Paleontology 79 (3): 520–531. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0520:FAMCOF>2.0.CO;2. http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0022-3360&volume=079&issue=03&page=0520. 

Further reading

• Yanagisawa, Y. 1990. Age of fossil Argonautidae (Cephalopoda) from Hokuriku Province (central Honshu, Japan) based on diatom biostratigraphy.PDF (1.90 MiB) Bull. Geol. Surv. Japan 41 (3): 115-127.

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